Six large studies show that people with bleeding gums are at increased risk for heart attacks. The association holds for Harvard doctors, army veterans and Pima Indians. Antibiotics cured the Pima Indians' gum disease and protected them from heart attacks. People with gum disease have high blood levels of C-reactive protein, a chemical that is elevated when a person has an infection and are at high risk for heart attacks.
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